Damage Control Resuscitation€¦ · WEAPON SYSTEMS 2010 Figure 12: Applied Smaller, Lighter,...

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TEM

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Figu

re 1

2: A

pplie

d Sm

alle

r, Li

ghte

r, Ch

eape

r Mun

ition

s Co

mpo

nent

s

Scal

able

Tec

hnol

ogy

for A

dapt

ive

Resp

onse

T

he S

cala

ble

Tech

nolo

gy fo

r A

dapt

ive

Res

pons

e (S

TA

R)

AT

O is

mat

urin

g an

d de

mon

stra

ting

new

ene

rget

ic m

ater

ials

, fuz

es, a

nd w

arhe

ad t

echn

olog

ies

that

ca

n pr

ovid

e se

lect

able

and

sca

labl

e ef

fect

s ag

ains

t pl

atfo

rms

and

pers

onne

l. T

he S

TA

R A

TO

wil

l dem

onst

rate

tec

hnol

ogie

s fo

r se

lect

able

leth

al e

ffec

ts in

la

rge-

, med

ium

-, an

d sm

all-d

iam

eter

mun

itio

ns a

nd m

issi

les;

and

dev

elop

men

t of

con

trol

led

leth

al e

ffec

ts, m

ulti

purp

ose

ener

geti

cs a

nd fo

rmul

atio

ns, r

eact

ive

mat

eria

ls, a

nd a

dvan

ced

fuzi

ng a

nd p

ower

tec

hnol

ogie

s. T

he S

TA

R A

TO

(Exc

alib

ur),

and

30m

m (

M78

9/M

k238

); e

nabl

e im

prov

ed w

eapo

n ef

fect

iven

ess

and

leth

alit

y; a

nd r

educ

e co

llat

eral

dam

age

and

logi

stic

s.

MED

ICAL

Psyc

holo

gica

l Res

ettin

g af

ter C

omba

t Dep

loym

ent:

Adva

nced

Bat

tlem

ind

Thi

s A

TO

dev

elop

s an

d va

lidat

es a

n ad

vanc

ed u

nit-

trai

ning

pro

gram

to

redu

ce

com

bat-

rela

ted

psyc

holo

gica

l pro

blem

s, in

clud

ing

sym

ptom

s re

late

d to

mild

tr

aum

atic

bra

in in

jury

(m

TB

I) a

nd p

ost-

trau

mat

ic s

tres

s di

sord

er (

PT

SD)

duri

ng t

he p

ost-

depl

oym

ent

rese

ttin

g ph

ase.

The

goa

l is

to fa

cilit

ate

reco

very

fr

om p

sych

olog

ical

inju

ries

rel

ated

to

com

bat,

bui

ld in

divi

dual

and

uni

t re

silie

nce

in p

repa

rati

on fo

r su

bseq

uent

dep

loym

ents

, red

uce

the

inci

denc

e of

de

bilit

atin

g sy

mpt

omat

ic p

robl

ems,

and

red

uce

risk

-tak

ing

beha

vior

s th

at h

ave

the

grea

test

impa

ct o

n a

Sold

ier’

s m

enta

l hea

lth,

wel

l-bei

ng, r

elat

ions

hips

, and

jo

b pe

rfor

man

ce. A

n in

-dep

th s

ix s

essi

on B

attl

emin

d T

rain

ing

Pac

kage

wil

l be

deve

lope

d th

at in

tegr

ates

sta

te-o

f-the

-art

cog

niti

ve-b

ehav

iora

l app

roac

hes

to

trau

mat

ic s

tres

s, w

hile

mai

ntai

ning

the

focu

s on

Sol

dier

str

engt

hs, u

nit

cohe

sion

, le

ader

ship

ski

lls,

and

indi

vidu

al c

ogni

tive

ski

ll b

uild

ing.

The

pac

kage

wil

l als

o in

corp

orat

e co

gnit

ive

educ

atio

n st

rate

gies

sho

wn

to b

e ef

fect

ive

in r

educ

ing

sym

ptom

s fr

om m

TB

I, w

hich

oft

en o

verl

aps

wit

h P

TSD

.

Dam

age

Cont

rol R

esus

cita

tion

Thi

s A

TO

pur

sues

the

bes

t co

mbi

nati

on a

nd o

ptim

al u

se o

f alt

erna

tive

s to

who

le

bloo

d (p

lasm

a, r

ed b

lood

cel

ls, b

lood

clo

ttin

g ag

ents

, etc

.) t

o pr

even

t bl

eedi

ng a

nd

mai

ntai

n ox

ygen

del

iver

y an

d nu

trie

nts

to t

issu

e (F

igur

e 13

). T

hese

pro

duct

s w

ill

like

ly e

nhan

ce s

urvi

val o

f cas

ualt

ies

afte

r se

vere

blo

od lo

ss, w

hich

is t

he le

adin

g ca

use

of d

eath

to

inju

red

war

fight

ers.

Rec

ent

data

from

the

bat

tlefi

eld

sugg

ests

th

at b

lood

clo

ttin

g di

sord

ers

and

imm

une

syst

em a

ctiv

atio

n, w

hich

dam

ages

no

rmal

cel

lula

r m

etab

olic

pro

cess

es, c

omm

only

occ

ur in

sev

erel

y in

jure

d pa

tien

ts.

The

refo

re, a

pri

orit

y is

to

mai

ntai

n bl

ood

clot

ting

cap

abil

ity

and

oxyg

en a

nd

nutr

ient

del

iver

y to

tis

sues

by

usin

g th

e be

st r

esus

cita

tion

pro

duct

s th

at c

an b

e ad

min

iste

red

at fa

r fo

rwar

d lo

cati

ons.

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Figu

re 1

3: D

amag

e Co

ntro

l Res

usci

tatio

n

Drug

for t

he T

reat

men

t of T

raum

atic

Bra

in In

jury

(TBI

) T

his

AT

O is

tes

ting

a c

andi

date

dru

g to

tre

at T

BI

to d

eter

min

e it

s sa

fety

and

have

phy

sica

l and

cog

niti

ve im

pair

men

t, m

emor

y lo

ss, a

nd m

ood

and

pers

onal

ity

diso

rder

s. T

here

are

cur

rent

ly n

o dr

ugs

to t

reat

or

redu

ce b

rain

rel

ated

inju

ries

.

Prop

hyla

ctic

Dru

gs to

Pre

vent

Dru

g Re

sist

ant M

alar

ia

Thi

s A

TO

dev

elop

s ca

ndid

ate

anti

mal

aria

l pro

phyl

acti

c dr

ugs

and

test

the

se

cand

idat

es in

ani

mal

s Su

cces

sful

com

plet

ion

of t

his

AT

O w

ill a

llow

cli

nica

l te

stin

g of

can

dida

tes

and

pote

ntia

lly

may

lead

to

a sa

fe a

nd e

ffica

ciou

s re

plac

emen

t an

tim

alar

ial p

roph

ylac

tic

drug

. The

goa

ls in

dev

elop

ing

thes

e ca

ndid

ate

prop

hyla

ctic

dru

gs a

re t

o re

plac

e cu

rren

t dr

ugs

that

are

bec

omin

g le

ss

effe

ctiv

e du

e to

the

dev

elop

men

t of

dru

g re

sist

ance

in t

he m

alar

ia p

aras

ite,

to

redu

ce o

r el

imin

ate

unw

ante

d si

de e

ffec

ts t

hat

impa

ct S

oldi

er’s

use

of t

he d

rugs

, an

d to

allo

w fo

r a

less

cri

tica

l and

mor

e co

nven

ient

dos

ing

sche

dule

for

depl

oyed

So

ldie

rs. T

his

drug

wou

ld a

lso

incr

ease

ope

rati

onal

rea

dine

ss b

y m

aint

aini

ng a

he

alth

y fo

rce,

as

wel

l as

redu

ce t

he lo

gist

ical

and

com

bat

heal

th s

uppo

rt b

urde

n as

soci

ated

wit

h tr

eatm

ent

in t

heat

re o

r af

ter

evac

uati

on.

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UNM

ANNE

D SY

STEM

S

Robo

tic V

ehic

le T

echn

olog

ies

Cont

rol A

rchi

tect

ure

for B

CTM

oder

niza

tion

The

Rob

otic

Veh

icle

Tec

hnol

ogie

s C

ontr

ol A

rchi

tect

ure

(RV

CA

) fo

r B

CT

m

oder

niza

tion

dev

elop

s an

unm

anne

d gr

ound

veh

icle

(U

GV

) en

d-to

-end

con

trol

ar

chit

ectu

re t

o re

duce

fut

ure

inte

grat

ion

risk

and

dem

onst

rate

the

via

bilit

y of

au

tono

mou

s U

GV

ope

rati

ons

in a

rel

evan

t en

viro

nmen

t us

ing

repr

esen

tati

ve

syst

em-o

f-sys

tem

s ha

rdw

are

and

soft

war

e co

mpo

nent

s. T

his

prog

ram

wil

l en

hanc

e U

GV

pro

gram

via

bilit

y an

d re

duce

pro

gram

ris

ks t

hrou

gh t

he m

atur

atio

n,

inte

grat

ion,

and

tes

t re

pres

enta

tive

har

dwar

e an

d so

ftw

are

onto

a s

urro

gate

UG

V

plat

form

. The

Cru

sher

veh

icle

dev

elop

ed b

y D

AR

PA u

nder

its

UG

CV

Per

cept

OR

In

tegr

atio

n pr

ogra

m w

ill s

erve

as

the

init

ial i

nteg

rati

on p

latf

orm

and

be

used

fo

r te

st a

nd e

xper

imen

tati

on. P

hase

I o

f the

eff

ort

inte

grat

es t

he a

uton

omou

s na

viga

tion

sys

tem

ont

o th

e C

rush

er p

latf

orm

to

prov

ide

auto

nom

ous

man

euve

r ca

pabi

litie

s, a

nd w

ill a

lso

mat

ure

and

inte

grat

e th

e m

issi

on e

xecu

tion

, com

pute

r op

erat

ing

envi

ronm

ent,

and

veh

icle

man

agem

ent

syst

em h

ardw

are

and

soft

war

e ne

cess

ary

for

unm

anne

d ve

hicl

e co

ntro

l. A

ser

ies

of e

ngin

eeri

ng e

valu

atio

ns a

nd

a So

ldie

r op

erat

iona

l exe

rcis

e to

mea

sure

sys

tem

per

form

ance

and

eff

ecti

vene

ss

from

bot

h th

e te

chni

cal a

nd o

pera

tion

al c

onte

xts

wil

l be

cond

ucte

d. P

hase

II

of

the

effo

rt w

ill s

ee t

he m

igra

tion

/int

egra

tion

of h

ardw

are

and

soft

war

e fr

om t

he

Cru

sher

veh

icle

to

a ne

w t

est

plat

form

dev

elop

ed u

nder

the

Tan

k-A

utom

otiv

e R

esea

rch,

Dev

elop

men

t an

d E

ngin

eeri

ng C

ente

r (T

AR

DE

C)

Aut

onom

ous

Pla

tfor

m

Dem

onst

rato

r pr

ogra

m, a

nd t

he t

ask

wil

l fina

lize

har

dwar

e an

d so

ftw

are

impl

emen

tati

ons.

It

wil

l con

duct

ano

ther

ser

ies

of e

ngin

eeri

ng e

valu

atio

ns a

nd

cond

uct

a fin

al S

oldi

er o

pera

tion

al e

xerc

ise

in m

ilit

ary

sign

ifica

nt e

nvir

onm

ent.

Safe

Ope

ratio

ns o

f Unm

anne

d Sy

stem

s fo

r Rec

onna

issa

nce

in C

ompl

ex

Envi

ronm

ents

Sa

fe O

pera

tion

s of

Unm

anne

d sy

stem

s fo

r R

econ

nais

sanc

e in

Com

plex

E

nvir

onm

ents

(SO

UR

CE)

AT

O d

evel

ops,

inte

grat

es, a

nd d

emon

stra

tes

robu

st

robo

tic

tech

nolo

gies

req

uire

d fo

r F

utur

e M

odul

ar F

orce

unm

anne

d sy

stem

s (fi

gure

14)

. The

AT

O w

ill a

dvan

ce t

he s

tate

of t

he a

rt in

per

cept

ion

and

cont

rol

tech

nolo

gies

to

perm

it u

nman

ned

syst

ems

(UM

S)

to a

uton

omou

sly

cond

uct

mis

sion

s in

pop

ulat

ed, d

ynam

ic u

rban

env

iron

men

ts w

hile

ada

ptin

g to

cha

ngin

g co

ndit

ions

; dev

elop

init

ial t

acti

cal/

mis

sion

beh

avio

r te

chno

logi

es t

o en

able

a g

roup

of

het

erog

eneo

us U

MS

to m

aneu

ver

in c

olla

bora

tion

wit

h m

ount

ed a

nd d

ism

ount

ed

forc

es; o

ptim

ize

sold

ier

oper

atio

n of

UM

S; a

nd p

rovi

de im

prov

ed s

itua

tion

al

awar

enes

s fo

r en

hanc

ed s

urvi

vabi

lity.

Mod

elin

g an

d si

mul

atio

n w

ill b

e us

ed t

o de

velo

p, t

est,

and

eva

luat

e th

e un

man

ned

syst

ems

tech

nolo

gies

(e.

g. t

acti

cal

beha

vior

s an

d pe

rcep

tion

alg

orit

hms)

. Tes

t be

d pl

atfo

rms

wil

l be

inte

grat

ed w

ith

the

soft

war

e an

d as

soci

ated

har

dwar

e de

velo

ped

unde

r th

is p

rogr

am, a

s w

ell a

s ap

prop

riat

e m

issi

on m

odul

es, t

o su

ppor

t w

arfig

hter

exp

erim

ents

in a

mil

itar

ily

sign

ifica

nt e

nvir

onm

ent

in c

onju

ncti

on w

ith

TR

AD

OC

.

Figu

re 1

4: S

afe

Oper

atio

n of

Unm

anne

d Sy

stem

s fo

r Rec

onna

issa

nce

in C

ompl

ex E

nviro

nmen

ts

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SOLD

IER

SYST

EMS

Sold

ier P

lann

ing

Inte

rfac

es &

Net

wor

ked

Elec

tron

ics

Thi

s A

TO

dev

elop

s a

gove

rnm

ent-

owne

d, S

oldi

er-b

orne

ele

ctro

nic

equi

pmen

t ar

chit

ectu

re t

hat

inco

rpor

ates

a N

atio

nal S

ecur

ity

Age

ncy-

appr

oved

wir

eles

s

Net

wor

ked

Ele

ctro

nics

(SP

INE

) w

ill r

educ

e th

e so

ldie

r-bo

rne

foot

prin

t an

d sy

stem

w

eigh

t by

30

perc

ent

thro

ugh

the

loss

of w

ires

and

con

nect

ors.

The

wir

eles

s ne

twor

k w

ill b

e po

wer

ed b

y a

conf

orm

al b

atte

ry c

urre

ntly

und

er d

evel

opm

ent

wil

l uti

lize

em

ergi

ng s

oftw

are

serv

ices

to

enab

le S

oldi

er c

onne

ctiv

ity

and

data

ex

chan

ge t

o cu

rren

t an

d fu

ture

tac

tica

l rad

io n

etw

orks

and

bat

tle

com

man

d sy

stem

s. T

hrou

ghou

t th

is e

ffor

t, c

apab

ilit

y de

mon

stra

tion

s w

ill b

e co

nduc

ted

at

the

C4I

SR O

n T

he M

ove

(OT

M)

test

bed

at

Ft.

Dix

, NJ.

Figu

re 1

5: S

oldi

er P

lann

ing

Inte

rfac

es &

Net

wor

ked

Elec

troni

cs

Sold

ier B

last

and

Bal

listic

Pro

tect

ive

Syst

em A

sses

smen

t and

Ana

lysi

s To

ols

Thi

s A

TO

pro

vide

s an

alys

is t

ools

and

tes

t pr

otoc

ols

to a

id d

evel

opm

ent

and

asse

ssm

ent

of b

allis

tic

and

blas

t pr

otec

tive

sys

tem

s. I

t w

ill p

rovi

de a

ben

chm

ark

of c

urre

nt c

apab

ilit

y, a

nd d

evel

op s

yste

m a

nd c

ompo

nent

tes

t pr

otoc

ols

and

devi

ces

wit

h an

init

ial f

ocus

on

prim

ary

blas

t lu

ng a

nd fa

cial

/ocu

lar

inju

ry.

Mod

els

such

as

the

Inte

grat

ed C

asua

lty

Est

imat

ion

Met

hodo

logy

(IC

EM

) m

odel

w

ill b

e en

hanc

ed a

nd e

xplo

ited

to

begi

n ch

arac

teri

zing

bla

st e

ffec

ts t

o m

ount

ed

and

dism

ount

ed S

oldi

ers

for

an im

prov

ed S

oldi

er a

rmor

des

ign

prot

otyp

e. T

he

payo

ff w

ill b

e te

chno

logy

for

impr

oved

Sol

dier

arm

or a

nd b

last

pro

tect

ion

syst

ems.

Enha

nced

Per

form

ance

Per

sonn

el A

rmor

Tec

hnol

ogy

Thi

s A

TO

wil

l con

side

r m

ater

ials

tec

hnol

ogy

and

tool

s to

pro

vide

arm

or p

rote

ctio

n to

the

hea

d, fa

ce, a

nd e

xtre

mit

ies

and

wil

l con

side

r th

e pe

nalt

ies

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

that

pro

tect

ion.

AT

O p

rodu

cts

wil

l inc

lude

new

mat

eria

ls c

once

pts

for

expa

nded

So

ldie

r bo

dy a

rmor

pro

tect

ion

agai

nst

blas

t an

d ba

llis

tic

thre

ats;

impr

oved

m

ater

ials

mod

els

for

pred

icti

ng b

last

and

bal

listi

c pe

rfor

man

ce; a

nd f

ull s

cale

, hi

gh-fi

delit

y m

odel

ing

and

diag

nost

ic t

ools

to

guid

e te

chno

logy

dev

elop

men

t. T

he

tech

nolo

gies

and

too

ls w

ill t

rans

itio

n to

adv

ance

d te

chno

logy

dev

elop

men

t ef

fort

s

High

-Defi

nitio

n Co

gniti

on (H

D-CO

G) In

Ope

ratio

nal E

nviro

nmen

tsT

his

AT

O r

esea

rche

s re

al-t

ime

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

bra

in f

unct

ion

in o

pera

tion

al

envi

ronm

ents

to

allo

w m

atch

ing

of S

oldi

er c

apab

ilit

ies

and

adva

nced

tec

hnol

ogie

s.

For

exam

ple,

veh

icle

cre

wst

atio

ns c

ould

cue

Sol

dier

s ba

sed

on h

ow t

heir

bra

ins

proc

ess

wha

t th

ey s

ee, h

ear,

and

feel

. Suc

h ne

uro-

ergo

nom

ic d

esig

ns c

an

expl

oit

how

the

bra

in f

unct

ions

, pro

vidi

ng t

rem

endo

us S

oldi

er p

erfo

rman

ce

impr

ovem

ents

. Thi

s pr

ogra

m w

ill d

evel

op t

echn

olog

ies

to a

sses

s So

ldie

r ne

uro-

cogn

itiv

e pr

oces

ses

in o

pera

tion

al e

nvir

onm

ents

, as

wel

l as

tech

niqu

es t

o us

e th

em fo

r ne

uro-

ergo

nom

ic d

esig

n. T

echn

olog

y de

velo

pmen

t w

ill f

ocus

on

solu

tion

s to

cog

niti

on, v

isua

l sca

nnin

g, a

nd p

latf

orm

con

trol

for

mou

nted

and

dis

mou

nted

op

erat

ions

. App

roxi

mat

ely

thre

e ex

peri

men

ts w

ill b

e pe

rfor

med

eac

h ye

ar t

o lo

ok

at A

TO

-dev

elop

ed t

echn

olog

ies

in a

mot

ion-

base

d si

mul

atio

n en

viro

nmen

t.

328

Page 5

WEA

PON

SYS

TEM

S 20

10

LOGI

STIC

S

Pow

er fo

r the

Dis

mou

nted

Sol

dier

T

his

AT

O m

atur

es a

nd d

emon

stra

tes

tech

nolo

gies

to

prov

ide

smal

l, lig

htw

eigh

t,

low

-cos

t po

wer

sou

rces

. It

dem

onst

rate

s ba

tter

ies

wha

t ar

e ha

lf t

he s

ize

and

twic

e th

e en

ergy

of C

4ISR

pri

mar

y ba

tter

ies

(e.g

., SI

NC

GA

RS

ASI

P);

con

form

al

rech

arge

able

Sol

dier

sys

tem

bat

teri

es; a

sol

dier

-mis

sion

-ext

endi

ng h

ybri

d fu

el c

ell;

and

a JP

8-po

wer

ed S

oldi

er-p

orta

ble

pow

er s

ourc

e fo

r ta

ctic

al b

atte

ry r

echa

rgin

g.

exte

nded

mis

sion

tim

es in

Sol

dier

and

sen

sor

appl

icat

ions

; red

ucti

on in

res

uppl

y qu

anti

ty, w

eigh

t an

d co

sts;

and

incr

ease

d So

ldie

r m

obil

ity,

sus

tain

abil

ity,

su

rviv

abil

ity

and

depl

oyab

ilit

y by

pro

vidi

ng h

ighe

r en

ergy

sou

rces

and

rec

harg

ing

capa

bilit

y.

Whe

eled

Veh

icle

Pow

er a

nd M

obili

ty

mod

erni

zati

on, w

heel

ed v

ehic

les

requ

ire

enha

nced

pow

er a

nd s

uspe

nsio

n ca

pabi

litie

s to

pow

er m

ore

elec

tron

ic c

ompo

nent

s, t

rans

port

pay

load

s, s

uppo

rt

arm

or u

pgra

des,

and

incr

ease

fue

l effi

cien

cy. T

he A

TO

wil

l dem

onst

rate

co

mm

erci

al e

ngin

es a

dapt

ed t

o m

ilit

ary

requ

irem

ents

tha

t pr

ovid

e be

tter

fue

l ec

onom

y an

d lo

wer

hea

t re

ject

ion;

com

pact

, rel

iabl

e, s

afe,

and

ligh

twei

ght

dem

onst

rati

on o

f an

adva

nced

mag

neto

-rhe

olog

ical

sus

pens

ion

syst

em. T

he A

TO

pr

ovid

es w

heel

ed v

ehic

le p

latf

orm

s w

ith

pow

er g

ener

atio

n an

d co

ntro

l to

incl

ude

hybr

id e

lect

ric

driv

e sy

stem

s as

wel

l as

an a

dvan

ced

susp

ensi

on s

yste

m fo

r im

prov

ed v

ehic

le r

ide

stab

ilit

y. T

he A

TO

pro

vide

s th

e w

arfig

hter

wit

h en

hanc

ed

vehi

cle

mob

ilit

y an

d sa

fety

to

acco

mpl

ish

futu

re m

issi

ons.

High

Per

form

ance

Lig

htw

eigh

t Tra

ckT

his

AT

O w

ill p

rovi

de t

wo

high

-per

form

ance

ligh

twei

ght

trac

k sy

stem

opt

ions

light

wei

ght

trac

k w

ith

acce

ptab

le m

aint

aina

bilit

y, d

urab

ilit

y, a

nd s

urvi

vabi

lity.

dem

and

for

a hi

gher

cap

acit

y, m

ore

surv

ivab

le li

ghtw

eigh

t tr

ack.

Lig

htw

eigh

t tr

ack

syst

ems

are

chal

leng

ed b

y in

crea

sed

vehi

cle

wei

ghts

and

per

form

ance

re

quir

emen

ts a

nd r

equi

re in

nova

tive

mat

eria

ls a

nd d

esig

n im

prov

emen

ts t

o m

eet

high

str

engt

h, d

urab

ilit

y, a

nd s

urvi

vabi

lity

targ

ets.

The

pro

gram

wil

l im

prov

e/op

tim

ize

light

wei

ght

segm

ente

d tr

ack

tech

nolo

gy t

hrou

gh u

tili

zati

on o

f “B

est

in C

lass

” hi

gh-p

erfo

rman

ce e

last

omer

s an

d de

sign

s to

enh

ance

dur

abil

ity

and

surv

ivab

ilit

y. T

his

AT

O s

eeks

to

deve

lop

and

refin

e L

ight

wei

ght

Met

allic

Tra

ck

thro

ugh

opti

miz

ed a

nd in

nova

tive

des

igns

and

mat

eria

ls t

hat

deliv

er p

erfo

rman

ce,

Figu

re 1

6: H

igh-

Perf

orm

ance

, Lig

ht w

eigh

t Tra

ck

Prog

nost

ics

and

Diag

nost

ics

for O

pera

tiona

l Rea

dine

ss a

nd C

ondi

tion-

Base

d M

aint

enan

ceN

ear-

term

and

fut

ure

syst

ems

read

ines

s an

d m

aint

aina

bilit

y re

ly o

n th

e ab

ilit

y to

det

ect

heal

th s

tatu

s an

d pe

rfor

man

ce, a

nd t

he e

nvir

onm

enta

l con

diti

ons

that

li

mit

com

pone

nt li

feti

me.

Im

prov

emen

ts t

o cu

rren

t de

tect

ion

and

pred

icti

on

capa

bilit

ies

wou

ld r

educ

e co

mpo

nent

loss

es a

nd t

he lo

gist

ics

trai

n, r

esul

ting

in

impr

oved

mis

sion

com

plet

ion.

Thi

s A

TO

dev

elop

s pr

ogno

stic

sof

twar

e an

d ap

plic

atio

n-sp

ecifi

c se

nsor

s fo

r re

mot

e he

alth

det

ecti

on a

nd p

redi

ctio

n of

veh

icle

329

Page 6

UNIT

ED S

TATE

S AR

MY

and

wea

pons

sys

tem

s co

mpo

nent

per

form

ance

. Par

t of

thi

s ca

pabi

lity

is c

ompr

ised

by

dia

gnos

tic

sens

ors

that

ena

ble

heal

th a

sses

smen

t. P

redi

ctio

n of

rem

aini

ng

life

tim

e al

so r

equi

res

holis

tic

inte

rpre

tati

on o

f the

dat

a, a

nd is

a f

unct

ion

of b

oth

the

com

pone

nt a

nd d

ata

qual

ity.

To

achi

eve

both

, it

is im

pera

tive

tha

t co

mm

ande

rs

and

logi

stic

ians

be

able

to

acce

ss t

he d

ata

expe

diti

ousl

y w

ith

a m

inim

um o

f eff

ort.

T

his

effo

rt w

ill d

evel

op a

cor

e “t

ag”

wit

h em

bedd

ed s

enso

rs a

nd p

roce

ssin

g th

at

can

be w

irel

essl

y in

terr

ogat

ed. T

he s

yste

m c

ompo

nent

’s s

enso

r hi

stor

y da

ta

wil

l be

anal

yzed

by

both

on-

boar

d an

d po

st-p

roce

ssed

pro

gnos

tics

alg

orit

hms

deve

lope

d in

thi

s A

TO

, in

orde

r to

ass

ess

imm

edia

te r

eadi

ness

and

rem

aini

ng

tim

e to

mai

nten

ance

or

life

tim

e. R

esul

tant

dat

a w

ill y

ield

act

iona

ble

info

rmat

ion

for

both

com

man

der

and

logi

stic

ian

lead

ing

to in

crea

sed

read

ines

s, e

nhan

ced

awar

enes

s of

mat

erie

l con

diti

on, i

ncre

ased

con

fiden

ce o

f mis

sion

com

plet

ion,

and

sm

alle

r lo

gist

ics

foot

prin

t th

roug

h co

ndit

ion-

base

d m

aint

enan

ce.

JP-8

Ref

orm

atio

n fo

r Alte

rnat

e Po

wer

Sou

rces

T

he J

P-8

Ref

orm

er fo

r A

lter

nate

Pow

er S

ourc

es A

TO

pro

vide

s th

e re

sear

ch a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

requ

ired

to

conv

ert

JP-8

fue

l int

o a

hydr

ogen

-ric

h al

tern

ate

fuel

fo

r do

wns

trea

m p

ower

gen

erat

ion.

Thi

s pr

ogra

m w

ill d

evel

op a

JP

-8 r

efor

mer

br

assb

oard

cap

able

of r

emov

ing

sulf

ur a

nd o

ther

aro

mat

ic c

onta

min

ants

th

at a

re d

etri

men

tal t

o fu

el c

ell o

pera

tion

. Car

eful

sel

ecti

on a

nd d

esig

n of

de

sulp

huri

zati

on, r

efor

mer

, the

rmal

, wat

er, a

nd s

enso

r te

chno

logi

es a

re

para

mou

nt. T

he d

esig

n, t

ests

, and

ope

rati

on o

f the

JP

-8 r

efor

mer

bra

ssbo

ard

wil

l be

high

ly d

epen

dent

on

the

fuel

cel

l sys

tem

des

ign.

The

bra

ssbo

ard

wil

l be

part

s pe

r m

illio

n) h

ydro

gen-

rich

fue

l for

con

tinu

ous

oper

atio

n. T

his

refo

rmed

fue

l w

ill p

ower

a c

omm

erci

ally

ava

ilab

le f

uel c

ell p

latf

orm

. Thi

s cr

itic

al fr

ont-

end

refo

rmin

g st

ep w

ill b

e an

inte

gral

tec

hnol

ogy

deve

lopm

ent

enab

ling

10

kilo

wat

t of

av

aila

ble

pow

er fo

r si

lent

wat

ch a

nd o

ther

pow

er r

equi

rem

ents

in t

he t

heat

er. T

he

succ

ess

of t

his

refo

rmer

pro

gram

is d

esig

ned

to c

ompl

emen

t pa

ralle

l dev

elop

men

ts

in s

uita

ble

fuel

cel

l arc

hite

ctur

es u

nder

dev

elop

men

t w

ithi

n th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

D

efen

se, D

epar

tmen

t of

Ene

rgy,

and

com

mer

cial

fue

l cel

l dev

elop

ers.

ADVA

NCED

SIM

ULAT

ION

Rese

arch

for S

cala

ble

Embe

dded

Tra

inin

g an

d M

issi

on R

ehea

rsal

E

mbe

dded

tra

inin

g (E

T),

a k

ey p

erfo

rman

ce p

aram

eter

for

Fut

ure

Forc

e ve

hicl

es

and

Sold

iers

, is

also

req

uire

d by

Abr

ams,

Bra

dley

, and

Str

yker

veh

icle

s, b

ut h

as

been

slo

w t

o ev

olve

. The

Sca

labl

e E

mbe

dded

Tra

inin

g an

d M

issi

on R

ehea

rsal

AT

O

wil

l sup

port

a c

omm

on im

plem

enta

tion

str

ateg

y an

d ad

dres

s kn

own

tech

nolo

gy

Figu

re 1

7: S

oldi

er P

lann

ing

Inte

rfac

es &

Net

wor

ked

Elec

troni

cs

shor

tfal

ls in

ET

acr

oss

curr

ent

and

Fut

ure

Forc

e sy

stem

s. T

his

AT

O w

ill

acce

lera

te E

T a

nd m

issi

on r

ehea

rsal

impl

emen

tati

on; d

evel

op t

acti

cal e

ngag

emen

t si

mul

atio

n se

nsor

s fo

r di

smou

nted

Sol

dier

tra

inin

g, s

ize,

pow

er, a

nd a

ccur

acy

Team

, and

Str

yker

Bri

gade

Com

bat

Team

. The

AT

O w

ill b

e co

mpl

eted

in F

Y09

w

ith

field

dem

onst

rati

ons

of m

issi

on r

ehea

rsal

and

live

, vir

tual

, and

con

stru

ctiv

e E

T u

sing

Cur

rent

For

ce c

omba

t ve

hicl

es a

nd d

ism

ount

ed S

oldi

ers

as t

he

expe

rim

enta

l for

ce.

330

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WEA

PON

SYS

TEM

S 20

10

Sim

ulat

ed S

ever

e Tr

aum

a fo

r Med

ical

Sim

ulat

ion

The

Sev

ere

Tra

uma

Sim

ulat

ion

AT

O r

esea

rche

s te

chno

logi

es t

hat

prep

are

Sold

iers

phy

sica

lly

and

psyc

holo

gica

lly

for

the

seve

re in

juri

es e

ncou

nter

ed o

n th

e ba

ttle

field

. Man

y So

ldie

rs a

re n

ot p

repa

red

for

the

shoc

k of

tre

atin

g se

vere

tra

uma

and

are

less

eff

ecti

ve in

the

use

of t

heir

med

ical

ski

lls.

Exp

erie

nce

show

s th

at

trai

ning

tra

diti

onal

tec

hniq

ues

for

trea

ting

inju

ries

can

be

impr

oved

. Rea

listi

c si

mul

ated

tra

uma

wil

l allo

w S

oldi

ers

to m

aste

r th

eir

skil

ls a

nd e

quip

men

t be

fore

ent

erin

g th

e ba

ttle

field

. Thi

s ef

fort

wil

l inv

esti

gate

bat

tlefi

eld

inju

ries

an

d ev

alua

te t

hem

aga

inst

cur

rent

tra

inin

g; r

esea

rch

effe

cts

of s

ever

e tr

aum

a on

pat

ient

s an

d ca

regi

vers

; and

des

ign

a m

etho

dolo

gy t

o su

ppor

t co

mba

t m

edic

tr

aini

ng w

ith

real

isti

c ba

ttle

field

inju

ries

, inc

ludi

ng c

ompa

rtm

enta

lize

d tr

aum

a,

phys

iolo

gy, t

rans

fer

of c

are,

and

tim

e m

ilest

ones

of c

are.

The

AT

O w

ill p

rovi

de

prot

otyp

e si

mul

atio

ns w

ith

adva

nces

in m

ater

ials

(re

alis

tic

skin

, fles

h, b

lood

, bo

ne, fl

uids

, and

org

ans)

, sen

sor

tech

nolo

gies

, and

sim

ulat

ed fl

uid

loss

. The

pr

otot

ypes

wil

l fun

ctio

n as

sta

ndal

one

trai

ning

sys

tem

s, a

s w

ell a

s ex

tern

al

acce

ssor

ies

for

pati

ent

sim

ulat

ors

and

acto

rs. I

n F

Y09

, the

AT

O w

ill e

valu

ate

the

deve

lope

d co

mpo

nent

s in

the

cur

rent

pro

gram

of i

nstr

ucti

on t

o as

sess

tra

inin

g ef

fect

iven

ess

at m

ilit

ary

trai

ning

ven

ues.

BASI

CRE

SEAR

CH

Bas

ic r

esea

rch

inve

stm

ents

are

a c

riti

cal h

edge

in a

cqui

ring

new

kno

wle

dge

in a

reas

tha

t ho

ld g

reat

pro

mis

e in

adv

anci

ng n

ew a

nd t

echn

ical

ly c

halle

ngin

g A

rmy

capa

bilit

ies

and

conc

epts

to

enab

le r

evol

utio

nary

adv

ance

s an

d pa

radi

gm-

shif

ting

fut

ure

oper

atio

nal c

apab

ilit

ies.

Are

as o

f em

ergi

ng in

tere

st a

nd fo

cus

in

basi

c re

sear

ch a

re: N

euro

scie

nce,

Aut

onom

ous

Syst

ems,

Qua

ntum

Inf

orm

atio

n Sc

ienc

e, I

mm

ersi

ve T

echn

olog

y, B

iote

chno

logy

, Nan

otec

hnol

ogy,

and

Net

wor

k Sc

ienc

e. I

nves

tmen

t in

bas

ic r

esea

rch

wit

hin

the

Arm

y pr

ovid

es in

sura

nce

agai

nst

an u

ncer

tain

fut

ure

and

guar

ds a

gain

st t

echn

olog

ical

sur

pris

e. A

nd if

we

are

succ

essf

ul, t

hese

inve

stm

ents

wil

l mak

e it

pos

sibl

e to

con

duct

eve

r m

ore

com

plex

m

ilit

ary

oper

atio

ns, w

ith

grea

ter

spee

d an

d pr

ecis

ion,

to

deva

stat

e an

y ad

vers

ary

on a

ny b

attl

efiel

d. T

he fo

llow

ing

is a

bri

ef s

umm

ary

of t

he a

reas

of i

nves

tmen

t, t

he

syne

rgy

amon

g th

em, a

nd s

ome

of t

he c

apab

ilit

ies

they

may

pro

vide

.

Fun

dam

enta

l to

the

cond

uct

of m

ilit

ary

oper

atio

ns is

sup

erio

r So

ldie

r pe

rfor

man

ce. U

nder

stan

ding

how

the

hum

an b

rain

wor

ks, i

.e. d

eter

min

ing

the

a w

ide

rang

e of

mil

itar

y pl

atfo

rms,

thi

s “s

oftw

are”

wil

l pro

vide

sup

erio

r tr

aini

ng

met

hods

and

hum

an s

yste

m in

terf

aces

tha

t w

ill b

e tu

ned

to a

n in

divi

dual

’s

char

acte

rist

ics,

the

reby

res

ulti

ng in

sup

erio

r So

ldie

r pe

rfor

man

ce. R

esea

rch

in

this

are

a w

ill a

lso

dram

atic

ally

adv

ance

our

abi

lity

to p

reve

nt a

nd t

reat

tho

se

suff

erin

g fr

om v

ario

us t

ypes

of b

attl

efiel

d br

ain

inju

ry.

A m

ajor

mil

itar

y ob

ject

ive

is t

o to

tall

y fr

ustr

ate

and

defe

at o

ur a

dver

sari

es

acro

ss a

wid

e sp

ectr

um o

f con

flict

s w

hile

dra

mat

ical

ly in

crea

sing

the

su

rviv

abil

ity

of o

ur S

oldi

ers

by k

eepi

ng t

hem

out

of h

arm

’s w

ay. A

uton

omou

s sy

stem

s of

ext

raor

dina

ry c

apab

ilit

y ca

n fu

lfill

thi

s ob

ject

ive;

how

ever

, the

y m

ust

be c

ompl

etel

y sa

fe a

nd s

ecur

e w

hile

ope

rati

ng in

hig

hly

com

plex

ope

rati

onal

en

viro

nmen

ts. A

chie

ving

suc

h le

vels

of c

apab

ilit

y w

ill r

equi

re s

igni

fican

t in

vest

men

ts in

hig

hly

soph

isti

cate

d se

nse,

res

pons

e an

d pr

oces

sing

sys

tem

s ap

proa

chin

g th

at o

f bio

logi

cal s

yste

ms;

maj

or a

dvan

ces

in a

rtifi

cial

inte

llig

ence

; th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

inte

llig

ent

agen

ts a

ppro

achi

ng h

uman

- per

form

ance

leve

ls;

and

adva

nces

in m

achi

ne le

arni

ng, s

war

min

g, a

nd a

ctua

tion

and

con

trol

.

331

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UNIT

ED S

TATE

S AR

MY

Incr

easi

ng d

eman

ds fo

r in

form

atio

n to

sup

port

rap

id a

nd e

ffec

tive

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g on

the

bat

tlefi

eld

requ

ire

adva

nced

sen

sor

syst

ems

to c

olle

ct r

elev

ant

data

, as

wel

l as

the

mea

ns fo

r pr

oces

sing

it in

to a

ctio

nabl

e fo

rms.

Maj

or

adva

ncem

ents

in p

roce

ssin

g po

wer

are

req

uire

d to

cop

e w

ith

the

dem

and

to

proc

ess

ever

larg

er a

mou

nts

of d

ata.

Inv

estm

ents

in t

his

area

wil

l exp

loit

the

m

assi

ve p

aral

lelis

m o

f the

qua

ntum

wor

ld t

o cr

eate

com

pute

rs t

hat

wil

l dw

arf

the

capa

bilit

ies

of t

he m

ost

pow

erfu

l com

pute

rs t

oday

, mak

ing

them

look

li

ke p

ocke

t ca

lcul

ator

s. T

he d

evel

opm

ent

of s

uch

com

puta

tion

al s

yste

ms

wil

l en

able

the

em

bedd

ing

of h

igh-

perf

orm

ance

com

puti

ng in

all

mil

itar

y pl

atfo

rms

incl

udin

g th

e So

ldie

r’s

unifo

rm.

The

evo

lvin

g th

reat

env

iron

men

t co

ntin

ues

to p

ut in

crea

sing

dem

and

on t

he

dive

rsit

y an

d ef

fect

iven

ess

of S

oldi

er s

kill

s. T

o m

eet

this

dem

and,

sup

erio

r tr

aini

ng t

ools

and

met

hods

are

nee

ded.

Vir

tual

wor

lds

can

prov

ide

this

ca

pabi

lity;

how

ever

, we

are

curr

entl

y at

pri

mit

ive

stag

es in

the

ir r

eali

zati

on.

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e br

ain’

s “s

oftw

are”

com

es t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

cre

atin

g hi

ghly

re

alis

tic

virt

ual t

rain

ing

envi

ronm

ents

inha

bite

d by

hum

anli

ke a

vata

rs. S

uch

envi

ronm

ents

wil

l pro

vide

a p

arad

igm

shi

ft in

the

way

we

prov

ide

trai

ning

, w

hile

ach

ievi

ng lo

w-c

ost,

saf

e, lo

w-e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

, hig

hly

vari

able

si

mul

atio

n en

viro

nmen

ts fo

r th

e fu

ture

tra

inin

g of

our

sol

dier

s.

The

incr

easi

ng im

port

ance

and

dem

ands

for

wid

e-ar

ea p

ersi

sten

t su

rvei

llan

ce

crea

te s

igni

fican

t ch

alle

nges

for

sens

or s

yste

ms,

rea

l-tim

e pr

oces

sing

of v

ast

amou

nts

of d

ata,

the

rea

l-tim

e in

terp

reta

tion

of i

nfor

mat

ion

for

deci

sion

-m

akin

g an

d ch

alle

ngin

g po

wer

and

ene

rgy

requ

irem

ents

to

supp

ort

such

de

man

ding

sys

tem

s. T

hrou

gh fo

ur b

illio

n ye

ars

of e

volu

tion

, bio

logi

cal s

yste

ms

rese

arch

in t

hese

are

as fo

r im

prov

ing

the

perf

orm

ance

of o

ur S

oldi

ers.

Maj

or

inve

stm

ents

in t

his

area

thr

ough

rev

erse

eng

inee

ring

wil

l lea

d to

tot

ally

new

se

nsin

g sy

stem

s, n

ew w

ays

for

the

rapi

d pr

oces

sing

of d

ata

into

info

rmat

ion,

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

nov

el s

ense

and

res

pons

e sy

stem

s, a

nd b

iolo

gica

lly

insp

ired

po

wer

and

ene

rgy

solu

tion

s fo

r ou

r So

ldie

rs.

Net

wor

ks t

ie t

oget

her

the

follo

win

g: h

ighl

y di

stri

bute

d se

nsor

sys

tem

s fo

r re

conn

aiss

ance

and

sur

veil

lanc

e, in

form

atio

n fo

r de

cisi

on-m

akin

g, S

oldi

ers,

and

th

e ex

ecut

ion

of fa

st d

istr

ibut

ed p

reci

sion

fire

s. B

ette

r fu

ncti

onin

g ne

twor

ks

are

esse

ntia

l to

adva

ncin

g ou

r ab

ilit

y to

con

duct

com

plex

mil

itar

y op

erat

ions

netw

orks

is r

elat

ivel

y pr

imit

ive

and,

as

such

, sig

nific

antl

y im

pair

s ou

r ab

ilit

y to

ful

ly r

eali

ze t

he p

oten

tial

tha

t ne

twor

ks c

an p

rovi

de o

n cu

rren

t an

d fu

ture

ba

ttle

field

s. A

new

mul

tidi

scip

lina

ry a

ppro

ach

is b

eing

impl

emen

ted

that

co

mbi

nes

com

mun

icat

ions

, inf

orm

atio

n an

d th

e so

cial

/hum

an c

ompo

nent

of

netw

orks

, and

tha

t ch

ange

s th

e w

ay w

e ad

dres

s th

e ch

alle

nges

ass

ocia

ted

wit

h op

tim

izin

g th

e us

e of

net

wor

ks. T

his

new

res

earc

h ef

fort

wil

l allo

w u

s to

pre

dict

an

d op

tim

ize

netw

ork

perf

orm

ance

thr

ough

the

cre

atio

n of

tot

ally

new

des

ign

tool

s be

fore

we

build

the

m.

S&T

ROLE

IN F

ORM

AL A

CQUI

SITI

ON M

ILES

TONE

S

The

Arm

y S

&T

com

mun

ity

role

in a

cqui

siti

on in

volv

es n

ot o

nly

tech

nolo

gy

deve

lopm

ent

and

tran

siti

on, b

ut a

lso

form

al p

arti

cipa

tion

in m

ilest

one

deci

sion

s fo

r ac

quis

itio

n pr

ogra

ms

of r

ecor

d. A

s th

e co

mpo

nent

S&

T e

xecu

tive

, the

Dep

uty

Ass

ista

nt S

ecre

tary

of t

he A

rmy

(DA

SA)

for

Res

earc

h an

d Te

chno

logy

(R

&T

) is

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r co

nduc

ting

a t

echn

olog

y re

adin

ess

asse

ssm

ent

(TR

A)

at m

ilest

one

B a

nd C

dec

isio

n po

ints

for

maj

or d

efen

se a

cqui

siti

on p

rogr

ams

(MD

AP

s). T

his

asse

ssm

ent

has

beco

me

even

mor

e im

port

ant

wit

h re

cent

sta

tuto

ry r

equi

rem

ents

fo

r th

e M

ilest

one

Dec

isio

n A

utho

rity

(M

DA

) to

cer

tify

to

Con

gres

s th

at t

he

tech

nolo

gies

of a

n M

DA

P h

ave

been

dem

onst

rate

d in

a r

elev

ant

envi

ronm

ent

prio

r to

mak

ing

a m

ilest

one

B d

ecis

ion.

The

TR

A s

erve

s as

the

gau

ge o

f thi

s re

adin

ess

for

the

MD

A’s

cert

ifica

tion

at

both

Arm

y an

d O

ffice

of t

he S

ecre

tary

of D

efen

se

leve

ls. T

he T

RA

pro

cess

is a

col

labo

rati

ve e

ffor

t ca

rrie

d ou

t am

ong

the

prog

ram

of

fice,

the

S&

T c

omm

unit

y, a

nd (

for

acqu

isit

ion

cate

gory

(A

CA

T)

1D p

rogr

ams)

th

e O

ffice

of t

he U

nder

secr

etar

y of

Def

ense

USD

Acq

uisi

tion

Tec

hnol

ogy

&

Log

isti

cs (

AT&

L).

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WEA

PON

SYS

TEM

S 20

10

SUM

MAR

Y

The

tec

hnol

ogic

al s

ophi

stic

atio

n re

quir

ed fo

r 21

st c

entu

ry o

pera

tion

s co

nsta

ntly

in

crea

ses

wit

h th

e br

oade

ning

nat

ure

of t

hrea

ts a

nd t

he g

reat

er a

vail

abil

ity

of t

echn

olog

y to

our

adv

ersa

ries

. Muc

h of

the

Arm

y’s

ongo

ing

rese

arch

is

char

acte

rize

d as

hig

h-ri

sk, h

igh-

payo

ff—

the

type

tha

t th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

is n

ot

like

ly t

o su

stai

n ov

er t

he lo

ng h

aul b

ecau

se t

here

is n

o li

nkag

e to

acq

uisi

tion

pr

ogra

ms

at t

he o

utse

t of

res

earc

h. T

his

high

-ris

k re

sear

ch is

ess

enti

al if

we

are

to a

chie

ve t

he t

echn

olog

ical

bre

akth

roug

hs fo

r dr

amat

ic p

erfo

rman

ce

impr

ovem

ents

in t

he A

rmy’

s sy

stem

s. O

ne s

uch

brea

kthr

ough

in g

uida

nce

and

cont

rol t

echn

olog

y le

d to

the

Exc

alib

ur p

reci

sion

art

ille

ry m

unit

ion

that

has

vi

rtua

lly

elim

inat

ed c

olla

tera

l dam

age

to n

onco

mba

tant

s. T

oday

’s C

urre

nt

Forc

e ha

s si

gnifi

cant

tec

hnol

ogy-

enab

led

adva

ntag

es a

s a

resu

lt o

f the

Arm

y’s

past

inve

stm

ents

in S

&T,

par

ticu

larl

y in

nig

ht v

isio

n, p

reci

sion

mun

itio

ns, a

nd

indi

vidu

al S

oldi

er p

rote

ctio

n. S

cien

tist

s an

d en

gine

ers

cont

inue

to

expa

nd t

he

lim

its

of o

ur u

nder

stan

ding

to

prov

ide

tech

nolo

gy t

o ou

r So

ldie

rs in

the

sys

tem

s th

ey u

se t

o ac

hiev

e tr

ansf

orm

atio

nal c

apab

ilit

ies

requ

ired

for

deci

sive

vic

tori

es.

333

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ED S

TATE

S AR

MY

334

Arm

y Co

mba

t Org

aniz

atio

ns

Glos

sary

of T

erm

s

Syst

ems

by C

ontr

acto

rs

Cont

ract

ors

by S

tate

Poin

ts o

f Con

tact

Page 11

WEA

PON

SYS

TEM

S 20

10

335

Arm

y or

gani

zati

ons

are

inhe

rent

ly b

uilt

ar

ound

peo

ple

and

the

task

s th

ey m

ust

perf

orm

. Maj

or c

omba

t or

gani

zati

ons

are

com

pose

d of

sm

alle

r fo

rces

, as

show

n he

re.

Squa

d

Infa

ntry

(9

Sold

iers

), A

rmor

(4

Sold

iers

), E

ngin

eer

(10

Sold

iers

)

plat

oon

Plat

oon

com

pany

Com

pany

batt

ery

is c

alle

d a

troo

p

man

euve

r ba

ttal

ion

or c

aval

ry

squa

dron

batt

alio

n

Batt

alio

n

suffi

cien

t

equi

vale

nts

are

calle

d sq

uadr

ons

up a

bri

gade

Brig

ade

sem

i-ind

epen

dent

ope

rati

ons

supp

ort

elem

ents

may

be

atta

ched

to

perf

orm

spe

cific

mis

sion

s

in a

div

isio

n

Divi

sion

brig

ade-

size

art

ille

ry, a

viat

ion,

en

gine

er, c

omba

t su

ppor

t, a

nd

serv

ice

elem

ents

corp

s co

mm

ande

d by

a li

eute

nant

ge

nera

l

Page 12

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ED S

TATE

S AR

MY

Acqu

isiti

on C

ateg

orie

s (A

CAT)

AC

AT

I p

rogr

ams

are

Mile

ston

e D

ecis

ion

Aut

hori

ty P

rogr

ams

(MD

AP

s [s

ee a

lso

Maj

or D

efen

se A

cqui

siti

on P

rogr

am])

or

prog

ram

s de

sign

ated

AC

AT

I b

y th

e M

ilest

one

Dec

isio

n A

utho

rity

(M

DA

[se

e al

so M

ilest

one

Dec

isio

n A

utho

rity

]).

Dol

lar

valu

e: e

stim

ated

by

the

Und

er S

ecre

tary

of D

efen

se (

Acq

uisi

tion

and

Te

chnl

ogy)

(U

SD [

A&

T])

to

requ

ire

an e

vent

ual t

otal

exp

endi

ture

for

rese

arch

,

year

(F

Y)

2000

con

stan

t do

llar

s or

, for

pro

cure

men

t, o

f mor

e th

an $

2.19

0 bi

llio

n in

FY

2000

con

stan

t do

llar

s. A

CA

T I

pro

gram

s ha

ve t

wo

sub-

cate

gori

es:

1. A

CAT

ID, f

or w

hich

the

MD

A is

USD

(A

&T

). T

he “

D”

refe

rs t

o th

e D

efen

se

Acq

uisi

tion

Boa

rd (

DA

B),

whi

ch a

dvis

es t

he U

SD (

A&

T)

at m

ajor

dec

isio

n po

ints

.2.

ACA

T IC

DoD

Com

pone

nt A

cqui

siti

on E

xecu

tive

(C

AE

). T

he “

C”

refe

rs t

o C

ompo

nent

. The

U

SD (

A&

T)

desi

gnat

es p

rogr

ams

as A

CA

T I

D o

r A

CA

T I

C.

ACAT

IA p

rogr

ams

are

MA

ISs

(see

als

o M

ajor

Aut

omat

ed I

nfor

mat

ion

Syst

em

(MA

IS)

Acq

uisi

tion

Pro

gram

), o

r pr

ogra

ms

desi

gnat

ed b

y th

e A

ssis

tant

Sec

reta

ry

of D

efen

se fo

r C

omm

and,

Con

trol

, Com

mun

icat

ions

, and

Int

ellig

ence

(A

SD [

C3I

])

to b

e A

CA

T I

A.

Est

imat

ed t

o ex

ceed

: $32

mil

lion

in F

Y 20

00 c

onst

ant

doll

ars

for

all e

xpen

ditu

res,

fo

r al

l inc

rem

ents

, reg

ardl

ess

of t

he a

ppro

pria

tion

or

fund

sou

rce,

dir

ectl

y re

late

d to

the

AIS

defi

niti

on, d

esig

n, d

evel

opm

ent,

and

dep

loym

ent,

and

incu

rred

in a

ny

for

all i

ncre

men

ts, r

egar

dles

s of

the

app

ropr

iati

on o

r fu

nd s

ourc

e, d

irec

tly

rela

ted

to t

he A

IS d

efini

tion

, des

ign,

dev

elop

men

t, a

nd d

eplo

ymen

t, a

nd in

curr

ed fr

om

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

Mat

erie

l Sol

utio

n A

naly

sis

Pha

se t

hrou

gh d

eplo

ymen

t at

al

l sit

es; o

r $3

78 m

illio

n in

FY

2000

con

stan

t do

llar

s fo

r al

l exp

endi

ture

s, fo

r al

l in

crem

ents

, reg

ardl

ess

of t

he a

ppro

pria

tion

or

fund

sou

rce,

dir

ectl

y re

late

d to

the

AIS

defi

niti

on, d

esig

n, d

evel

opm

ent,

dep

loym

ent,

ope

rati

ons

and

mai

nten

ance

, an

d in

curr

ed fr

om t

he b

egin

ning

of t

he M

ater

iel S

olut

ion

Ana

lysi

s P

hase

thr

ough

su

stai

nmen

t fo

r th

e es

tim

ated

use

ful l

ife o

f the

sys

tem

.

ACAT

IA p

rogr

ams

have

tw

o su

b-ca

tego

ries

:

1. A

CAT

IAM

, for

whi

ch t

he M

DA

is t

he C

hief

Inf

orm

atio

n O

ffice

r (C

IO)

of t

he D

oD,

the

ASD

(C

3I).

The

“M

” re

fers

to

Maj

or A

utom

ated

Inf

orm

atio

n Sy

stem

Rev

iew

2. A

CAT

IAC,

for

whi

ch t

he D

oD C

IO h

as d

eleg

ated

mile

ston

e de

cisi

on a

utho

rity

to

the

CA

E o

r C

ompo

nent

CIO

. The

“C

” re

fers

to

Com

pone

nt.

ACAT

II p

rogr

ams

are

defin

ed a

s th

ose

acqu

isit

ion

prog

ram

s th

at d

o no

t m

eet

the

crit

eria

for

an A

CA

T I

pro

gram

, but

do

mee

t th

e cr

iter

ia fo

r a

maj

or s

yste

m, o

r ar

e pr

ogra

ms

desi

gnat

ed A

CA

T I

I by

the

MD

A.

ACAT

III p

rogr

ams

are

defin

ed a

s th

ose

acqu

isit

ion

prog

ram

s th

at d

o no

t m

eet

the

crit

eria

for

an A

CA

T I

, an

AC

AT

IA

, or

an A

CA

T I

I. T

he M

DA

is d

esig

nate

d by

the

C

AE

and

sha

ll b

e at

the

low

est

appr

opri

ate

leve

l. T

his

cate

gory

incl

udes

less

-tha

n-m

ajor

AIS

s.

Acqu

isiti

on P

hase

A

ll t

he t

asks

and

act

ivit

ies

need

ed t

o br

ing

a pr

ogra

m t

o th

e ne

xt m

ajor

mile

ston

e oc

cur

duri

ng a

n ac

quis

itio

n ph

ase.

Pha

ses

prov

ide

a lo

gica

l mea

ns o

f pro

gres

sive

ly

tran

slat

ing

broa

dly

stat

ed m

issi

on n

eeds

into

wel

l-defi

ned

syst

em-s

peci

fic

requ

irem

ents

and

ult

imat

ely

into

ope

rati

onal

ly e

ffec

tive

, sui

tabl

e, a

nd s

urvi

vabl

e sy

stem

s. T

he a

cqui

siti

on p

hase

s fo

r th

e sy

stem

s de

scri

bed

in t

his

hand

book

are

de

fined

bel

ow:

The

pur

pose

of t

his

phas

e is

to

redu

ce t

echn

olog

y ri

sk, d

eter

min

e an

d m

atur

e th

e ap

prop

riat

e se

t of

tec

hnol

ogie

s to

be

inte

grat

ed in

to a

ful

l sys

tem

, and

to

dem

onst

rate

cri

tica

l tec

hnol

ogy

elem

ents

on

prot

otyp

es. T

echn

olog

y D

evel

opm

ent

is a

con

tinu

ous

tech

nolo

gy d

isco

very

and

dev

elop

men

t pr

oces

s re

flect

ing

clos

e co

llab

orat

ion

betw

een

the

Scie

nce

and

Tech

nolo

gy (

S&

T)

com

mun

ity,

the

use

r,

and

the

syst

em d

evel

oper

. It

is a

n it

erat

ive

proc

ess

desi

gned

to

asse

ss t

he v

iabi

lity

of t

echn

olog

ies

whi

le s

imul

tane

ousl

y re

finin

g us

er r

equi

rem

ents

. Ent

ranc

e in

to

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WEA

PON

SYS

TEM

S 20

10

this

pha

se d

epen

ds o

n th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

the

Ana

lysi

s of

Alt

erna

tive

s (A

0A),

a

prop

osed

mat

erie

l sol

utio

n, a

nd f

ull f

undi

ng fo

r pl

anne

d Te

chno

logy

Dev

elop

men

t P

hase

act

ivit

y.

(Sta

tute

s ap

plic

able

to

the

Syst

ems

Dev

elop

men

t an

d D

emon

stra

tion

pha

se s

hall

be

app

licab

le t

o th

e E

MD

pha

se.)

The

pur

pose

of t

he E

MD

pha

se is

to d

evel

op a

sys

tem

or

an in

crem

ent o

f cap

abili

ty;

com

plet

e fu

ll sy

stem

inte

grat

ion

(tec

hnol

ogy

risk

red

ucti

on o

ccur

s du

ring

Tec

hnol

ogy

Dev

elop

men

t); d

evel

op a

n af

ford

able

and

exe

cuta

ble

man

ufac

turi

ng p

roce

ss; e

nsur

e op

erat

iona

l sup

port

abili

ty w

ith

part

icul

ar a

tten

tion

to m

inim

izin

g th

e lo

gist

ics

ensu

re a

fford

abili

ty; p

rote

ct c

riti

cal p

rogr

am in

form

atio

n by

impl

emen

ting

app

ropr

iate

te

chni

ques

suc

h as

ant

i-tam

per;

and

dem

onst

rate

sys

tem

inte

grat

ion,

inte

rope

rabi

lity,

sa

fety

, and

uti

lity.

The

Cap

abili

ty D

evel

opm

ent D

ocum

ent,

Acq

uisi

tion

Str

ateg

y,

Syst

ems

Eng

inee

ring

Pla

n, a

nd T

est a

nd E

valu

atio

n M

aste

r P

lan

(TE

MP

) sha

ll gu

ide

this

effo

rt. E

ntra

nce

into

thi

s ph

ase

depe

nds

on te

chno

logy

mat

urit

y (i

nclu

ding

so

ftw

are)

, app

rove

d re

quir

emen

ts, a

nd fu

ll fu

ndin

g. U

nles

s so

me

othe

r fa

ctor

is

over

ridi

ng in

its

impa

ct, t

he m

atur

ity

of t

he te

chno

logy

sha

ll de

term

ine

the

path

to b

e fo

llow

ed.

The

pur

pose

of t

he P

rodu

ctio

n an

d D

eplo

ymen

t ph

ase

is t

o ac

hiev

e an

ope

rati

onal

ca

pabi

lity

that

sat

isfie

s m

issi

on n

eeds

. Ope

rati

onal

tes

t an

d ev

alua

tion

sha

ll

dete

rmin

e th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

and

suit

abil

ity

of t

he s

yste

m. T

he M

DA

sha

ll m

ake

the

deci

sion

to

com

mit

the

DoD

to

prod

ucti

on a

t M

ilest

one

C an

d sh

all d

ocum

ent

the

deci

sion

in a

n A

cqui

siti

on D

ecis

ion

Mem

oran

dum

. Mile

ston

e C

auth

oriz

es

entr

y in

to lo

w r

ate

init

ial p

rodu

ctio

n (f

or M

DA

Ps

and

maj

or s

yste

ms)

, int

o pr

oduc

tion

or

proc

urem

ent

(for

non

-maj

or s

yste

ms

that

do

not

requ

ire

LR

IP)

or

into

lim

ited

dep

loym

ent

in s

uppo

rt o

f ope

rati

onal

tes

ting

for

MA

IS p

rogr

ams

or s

oftw

are-

inte

nsiv

e sy

stem

s w

ith

no p

rodu

ctio

n co

mpo

nent

s. T

he t

able

s in

E

nclo

sure

4 id

enti

fy t

he s

tatu

tory

and

reg

ulat

ory

requ

irem

ents

tha

t sh

all b

e m

et a

t M

ilest

one

C. E

ntra

nce

into

thi

s ph

ase

depe

nds

on t

he fo

llow

ing

crit

eria

: ac

cept

able

per

form

ance

in d

evel

opm

enta

l tes

t an

d ev

alua

tion

and

ope

rati

onal

as

sess

men

t (O

SD O

T&E

ove

rsig

ht p

rogr

ams)

; mat

ure

soft

war

e ca

pabi

lity;

no

sign

ifica

nt m

anuf

actu

ring

ris

ks; m

anuf

actu

ring

pro

cess

es u

nder

con

trol

(if

M

ilest

one

C is

ful

l-rat

e pr

oduc

tion

); a

n ap

prov

ed I

niti

al C

apab

ilit

ies

Doc

umen

t (I

CD)

(if M

ilest

one

C is

pro

gram

init

iati

on);

an

appr

oved

Cap

abil

ity

Pro

duct

ion

Doc

umen

t (C

PD

); a

refi

ned

inte

grat

ed a

rchi

tect

ure;

acc

epta

ble

inte

rope

rabi

lity;

ac

cept

able

ope

rati

onal

sup

port

abil

ity;

and

dem

onst

rati

on t

hat

the

syst

em is

af

ford

able

thr

ough

out

the

life

cyc

le, f

ully

fun

ded,

and

pro

perl

y ph

ased

for

rapi

d ac

quis

itio

n. T

he C

PD

refl

ects

the

ope

rati

onal

req

uire

men

ts, i

nfor

med

by

EM

D

resu

lts,

and

det

ails

the

per

form

ance

exp

ecte

d of

the

pro

duct

ion

syst

em. I

f M

ilest

one

C ap

prov

es L

RIP

, a s

ubse

quen

t re

view

and

dec

isio

n sh

all a

utho

rize

ful

l-ra

te p

rodu

ctio

n.

The

pur

pose

of t

he O

pera

tion

s an

d Su

ppor

t ph

ase

is t

o ex

ecut

e a

supp

ort

prog

ram

th

at m

eets

mat

erie

l rea

dine

ss a

nd o

pera

tion

al s

uppo

rt p

erfo

rman

ce r

equi

rem

ents

, an

d su

stai

ns t

he s

yste

m in

the

mos

t co

st-e

ffec

tive

man

ner

over

its

tota

l life

cy

cle.

Pla

nnin

g fo

r th

is p

hase

sha

ll b

egin

pri

or t

o pr

ogra

m in

itia

tion

and

sha

ll b

e do

cum

ente

d in

the

Life

-Cyc

le S

usta

inm

ent

Pla

n (L

LSP

). O

pera

tion

s an

d Su

ppor

t ha

s tw

o m

ajor

eff

orts

: life

-cyc

le s

usta

inm

ent

and

disp

osal

. Ent

ranc

e in

to t

he

Ope

rati

ons

and

Supp

ort

Pha

se d

epen

ds o

n m

eeti

ng t

he fo

llow

ing

crit

eria

: an

appr

oved

CP

D; a

n ap

prov

ed L

CSP

; and

a s

ucce

ssfu

l Ful

l-Rat

e P

rodu

ctio

n (F

RP

) D

ecis

ion.

Acqu

isiti

on P

rogr

am

A d

irec

ted,

fun

ded

effo

rt d

esig

ned

to p

rovi

de a

new

, im

prov

ed o

r co

ntin

uing

w

eapo

ns s

yste

m o

r A

IS c

apab

ilit

y in

res

pons

e to

a v

alid

ated

ope

rati

onal

nee

d.

Acq

uisi

tion

pro

gram

s ar

e di

vide

d in

to d

iffe

rent

cat

egor

ies

that

are

est

ablis

hed

to fa

cilit

ate

dece

ntra

lize

d de

cisi

on-m

akin

g, a

nd e

xecu

tion

and

com

plia

nce

wit

h st

atut

ory

requ

irem

ents

.

Adva

nced

Con

cept

Tec

hnol

ogy

Dem

onst

ratio

ns (A

CTDs

)A

CT

Ds

are

a m

eans

of d

emon

stra

ting

the

use

of e

mer

ging

or

mat

ure

tech

nolo

gy

to a

ddre

ss c

riti

cal m

ilit

ary

need

s. A

CT

Ds

them

selv

es a

re n

ot a

cqui

siti

on

prog

ram

s, a

ltho

ugh

they

are

des

igne

d to

pro

vide

a r

esid

ual,

usab

le c

apab

ilit

y up

on c

ompl

etio

n. I

f the

use

r de

term

ines

tha

t add

itio

nal u

nits

are

nee

ded

beyo

nd

the

resi

dual

cap

abili

ty a

nd t

hat t

hese

uni

ts c

an b

e fu

nded

, the

add

itio

nal b

uys

shal

l con

stitu

te a

n ac

quis

itio

n pr

ogra

m w

ith

an a

cqui

siti

on c

ateg

ory

gene

rally

co

mm

ensu

rate

wit

h th

e do

llar

valu

e an

d ri

sk o

f the

add

itio

nal b

uy.

337